Note: this method is affordable for common operations made on site regularly (updating user's activity, sending emails and etc).
In case when you have heavy tasks, like import profiles or data backup, then it is strongly recommended to run cron locally

Run cron locally

Some hosting companies do not permit local loopback, so using wget, lynx or curl will not work. Or when you have heavy tasks, like import profiles or data backup, then running Cron task will fail due to server limitations.

If this is one of the cases follow steps given bellow to create command to setup cron job via Cpanel/Cron Jobs to run locally. Instructions are given based on assumption that you have ssh access and any ssh client.

- Login to your server via SSH

- Run cd [path-to-your-Oxwall-homedir]/ow_cron command to enter the Cron folder

- Run pwd command

- You will see the path to the Cron folder (e. g. /home/yoursite/public_html/ow_cron)

- Run which php command

- You will see the path to PHP (e. g. /usr/local/bin/php)

Put two paths you got into one: path to PHP/path to Cron folder:
For example:

/usr/local/bin/php /home/site/public_html/ow_cron/run.php

Use this command in Add New Cron Job section in cPanel.

Note: contact your hosting company if you have troubles with connecting via SSH.

Online cron services

If your hosting provider doesn't provide a cron utility or you just don't want to spend time configuring it, then you can use some of the online cron services listed below: